> I was wondering why 4.0-Current still uses gcc 2.7.x instead of gcc 2.8.1,
Review the freebsd-current mail archives (http://www.freebsd.org/ ->
support).
Short answer -- it is being worked on. We don't jump into the newest fad
technology. gcc281 and egcs needed to be proven to be stable and u
Hi!
I was wondering why 4.0-Current still uses gcc 2.7.x instead of gcc 2.8.1,
which is available in the ports. gcc 2.8.x supports 586/686 optimization
and much more, whereas 2.7.x will compile for 486 processors. Are there
any compatibility problems involved when replacing 2.7.x by 2.8.x? If not,
